FEBRUARY 2011 - THEME OF THE MONTH CHALLENGE WINNER NOW UP!!!!

♥♥Tan♥♥ · February 05, 2011, 08:52:52 PM

OOoer bit of gorgeousness so far here goes my effort from the past

helbels · February 06, 2011, 10:33:47 PM

Lovely Tan - that's really pretty!

Here's my effort from today - a while since I made dotty beads on their own I have to admit:

DeanWilson · February 06, 2011, 10:45:46 PM

Ooh! Thank god it isn't based on skill- oh I may as well enter too

I'll go on the torch right now and do some

helbels · February 06, 2011, 10:49:54 PM

Yay, that's the spirit Dean - go and get stuck in!

kathsd · February 06, 2011, 11:17:32 PM

oo! I really like those zingy blues and greens Helen, and Tan's multicolour too,
Shirl, the spacers are supposed to be silver, not made by me!, it must be the light I photographed them in made them come out goldy.
kath

DeanWilson · February 07, 2011, 12:01:29 AM

Here's my homage to the dot!

Unfortunately they won't come off the mandrel

Round (ish), bright and dotty- just like me

DSC00286 by DeanWilson, on Flickr

DSC00284 by DeanWilson, on Flickr

Lotti · February 07, 2011, 11:45:21 AM

I really can't compete with everyone else but thought I would enter my first challenge as have been practicing my dots!

Necklace for Mum (also posted elsewhere!).

Practicing raised dots and reducing! Sadly this bead has a huge thermal crack in it I only noticed when I took piccies of it.

Playing with Pysche, bit of a problem with the encasing but it's a long story.

Getting there slowly slowly and having lots of fun.

MadelineBunyan · February 07, 2011, 02:06:46 PM

just for Trudi...

here's the real version of the photoshop accident

I also put some of the other funky 'fake' ones I came up with while messing around on my blog.

Trudi · February 07, 2011, 02:28:50 PM

Ohh I like that Madeline!!!

Loving seeing everyone's dots - I can remember a time (way before I even made beads) that I thought that they all had to be smooth, no bumps at all. Luckily I have now got over that strange fad I had!!

SilverGems89 · February 07, 2011, 04:39:36 PM

DOTS! oooooh yes, i love dots, in the spirit of challenging myself im going to have a go at stacked dots at some point...although you probably wont get to see the results because im betting they will be pretty baaaaaad

for now some "normal" dots

Big Hole Beads by SilverGems89, on Flickr
Some of my favourite style beads
I have lots more dot pics to come!

DeanWilson · February 07, 2011, 04:47:49 PM

Oh wow all of these are gorgeous!! :O :O

You're giving my beads a complex

Rachel B · February 07, 2011, 05:02:15 PM

I looooooove making dotty beads!

ICED POLKAS by Puffafish Lampwork, on Flickr

♥♥Tan♥♥ · February 07, 2011, 05:03:23 PM

Is anyone else hugely enjoying this thread as much as me

SilverGems89 · February 07, 2011, 05:13:43 PM

Quote from: Tan on February 07, 2011, 05:03:23 PM
Is anyone else hugely enjoying this thread as much as me

MEEEEEEEE

i already want to run off and make more dotty beads, although i have about 5 more photos i could upload here anyway!

Dean actually i was going to say how good your orange-y coloured dotty bead was, really nice consistent dot size and placement! what is the colour of the dots, looks very yummy!

DeanWilson · February 07, 2011, 05:33:32 PM

Oh wow thanks! I'm sure I don't need to say how amazing yours are as you've heard it so often

On the orange it's mostly just Effetre Soft White with just a few dots of light ivory- that's because dots take more stringer than you may first think and I ran out

Yours are fantastic, I wouldn't even know how to start making a pattern like that!! :O